Man Accuses Wife, Mother-In-Law Of Forced Circumcision In Assam

Man Accuses Wife, Mother-In-Law Of Forced Circumcision In Assam

A man from Rajasthan has accused his wife and mother-in-law of pressuring him to convert to Islam and alleged that he was circumcised against his wishes after being taken to an isolated location in Guwahati.

The complainant, Akhil Kumar Chandak, has lodged an FIR at the Bhangagarh Police Station against his 24-year-old wife, Nurshika Begum, and her 36-year-old mother, Nur Khatun.

the wife is in Bengaluru and has been asked to join the probe While the mother-in-law has been arrested. They later married through a court wedding in Assam and lived together for nearly three years. The police are investigating the allegations and examining the circumstances surrounding the incident. The probe is underway to establish the sequence of events and the role of those named in the complaint.

The complainant, Akhil Kumar Chandak, has lodged an FIR at the Bhangagarh Police Station against his 24-year-old wife, Nurshika Begum, and her 36-year-old mother, Nur Khatun. Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Chandak said he met Nurshika in Delhi in 2019.

Describing the alleged incident, Chandak said his wife had left for her village around six months ago following an argument between them.

Chandak claimed that the situation changed after his wife’s family and people in her village came to know that he was Hindu. “Initially, everything was normal. I stayed at their house for around ten days, and her family treated me well. There was no discussion about religious conversion at that time.

The pressure started much later, after people in the village came to know that she had married a Hindu man,” Chandak told NDTV.